: Sumela
: Turkey
: The Pontos, Northeastern Turkey
: 40° 48’ N, 39° 02’ E
: Byzantine
:

Sumela / Meryemana Manastır is the Byzantine Monastery of the Theotokos (4th – 15th c.).  This site is located 54 km south of Trabzon and contains the Rock Church, seven chapels, a dormitory, and library.  The photographs herein show the monastery prior to the controversial Turkish renovations.

 

Ref: Byzantine, pp. 284-285.

 

No plan was executed.

(Site description written and references compiled by Robert W. Edwards)

: Meryemana Manastır, Meryemana Manastir, Monastery of the Theotokos


Site Album Images Description Author Year Cultures
11
B&W Photographs
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine
10
Color Transparencies
Robert W. Edwards
1983
Byzantine